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Women’s Roles in Non-economic Activities Using Time Use Surveys in Thailand

Explore the participation of women in non-economic activities through detailed analysis of time use surveys in Thailand, highlighting gender disparities and policy recommendations for equitable distribution of household responsibilities.

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Women’s Roles in Non-economic Activities Using Time Use Surveys in Thailand

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  1. Women’s Roles in Non-economic Activities Using Time Use Surveys in Thailand Oarawan Suttangkul Bongkoj Wibultananun Wichan Choorat National Statistical Office (NSO) of Thailand 3rdGlobal Forum on Gender Statistics 10-13 October 2010 Manila, Philippines ESA/STAT/AC.219/32

  2. Non-economic activities • Definition • Work, services or activities: • without monetary remunerations, • for household members, other households or community

  3. Non-economic activities (cont.) • Group of activities for analysis • Group 1: Household maintenance, management and shopping for own household • Group 2: Care for children, the sick, elderly and disabled for own household • Group 3: Community services and help to other household • Data sources • - The Time Use Surveys 2001 and 2004

  4. Historical development of Time Use Survey in Thailand • 2009 • - All day activities • - Prepare time every10minutes • Main and second activities • (5 digits) • - Represent • (Whole kingdom, Region) • 2004 • - All day activities • - Prepare time every 10 minutes • Main and Second activities • (3 digits) • - Represent • (Whole Kingdom, Region) (On data cleaning process) 2001 - All day activities - Main Activities (2 digits) - Represent (Whole Kingdom, Region) • International classification of activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS)

  5. Average time of respondents aged 10 yrs and over by activities group (hours per day) Non-economic activities

  6. Share of non-economic activities between 2001 and 2004 % Population by sex • Group 1: Household maintenance, management and shopping for own household • Group 2: Care for children, the sick, elderly and disabled for own household • Group 3: Community services and help to other household 2001 2004

  7. Average time use for non-economics by sex and activities (hours per day)

  8. Group1: Household maintenance, management • and shopping for own household % Population by sex among different activities 2001 2004

  9. Group2: Care for children, the sick, elderly • and disabled for own household % Population by sex among different activities 2001 2004

  10. Group3: Community services andhelp to other household % Population by sex among different activities 2001 2004

  11. Conclusions and policy recommendations • Women participated in non-economic activities more than men, especially household services and care for household members. • To reduce gender inequity, both economic and non-economic activities should be equally addressed. • Non-economic activities, should be included in the GDP estimation. • Need campaign to change social attitude, especially men, on sharing responsibility in non-economic activities.

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